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Airport month · March 2025
Memphis International in March 2025
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,933 domestic departures from Memphis International (MEM). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MEM departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,820 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.0 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at MEM that month were on time 77.5% of the time (1,936 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 81.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | MEM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.9% | 83.9% | 78.2% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 81.3% | 83.8% | 78.2% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.3 min | 11.5 min | 17.3 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 64 | 61 | 68 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,933 | 1,820 | 24,723 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 429 | 22% | 88.8% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 370 | 19% | 81.1% | 1.3 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 298 | 15% | 77.5% | 9.6 min | 2.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 217 | 11% | 83.4% | 0.9 min | 1.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 154 | 8% | 72.1% | 9.8 min | 2.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 124 | 6% | 84.7% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 121 | 6% | 81.8% | 5.7 min | 3.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 96 | 5% | 82.3% | -5.3 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 68 | 4% | 64.7% | 25.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 44 | 2% | 65.9% | 19.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 1% | 100.0% | -11.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM–ATL | Memphis to Atlanta | 301 | 87.4% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DFW | Memphis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 205 | 74.1% | 9.2 min | 4.4% |
| MEM–ORD | Memphis to Chicago | 177 | 74.6% | 15.0 min | 0.6% |
| MEM–CLT | Memphis to Charlotte | 155 | 81.3% | 9.0 min | 1.9% |
| MEM–DEN | Memphis to Denver | 105 | 80.0% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–DCA | Memphis to Washington | 87 | 82.8% | 0.3 min | 3.4% |
| MEM–LGA | Memphis to New York | 87 | 77.0% | 3.8 min | 1.1% |
| MEM–MCO | Memphis to Orlando | 78 | 79.5% | 2.0 min | 1.3% |
| MEM–HOU | Memphis to Houston | 73 | 89.0% | -4.6 min | 1.4% |
| MEM–PHX | Memphis to Phoenix | 64 | 73.4% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–IAH | Memphis to Houston | 59 | 84.7% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| MEM–LAS | Memphis to Las Vegas | 57 | 73.7% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MEM on time in March 2025?
82.9% of 1,933 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 83.9% of 1,820 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 1.2% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MEM · methodology · corrections.